WILLIAMS v. BROWN MFG. CO., INC.

Gen. No. 67-58.

93 Ill. App.2d 334 (1968)

236 N.E.2d 125

James Williams, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brown Manufacturing Company, Inc., a Corporation, Defendant-Appellant, Illinois Power Company, Defendant. Brown Manufacturing Company, Inc., a Corporation, Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Somerville-Illinois Company, a Corporation, Third Party Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

March 27, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin J. Corbell, Sonnemann & Corbell, of Vandalia, and Gordon Burroughs, Burroughs, Simpson & Burroughs, of Edwardsville, for appellant.

William W. Schooley, Beatty, Schooley and Theis, of Granite City, for appellee.


GOLDENHERSH, J.

Defendant, Brown Manufacturing Company, Inc., appeals from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Madison County entered upon a jury verdict in the amount of $40,000.

In his fourth amended complaint plaintiff alleges that defendant was a manufacturer of trenching machines, that plaintiff, in the course of his employment by Somerville-Illinois Company, was operating a trencher manufactured by defendant, that the machine bucked, jumped a number...

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